One Taken To Hospital After Alleged Substance Spraying Incident In Tokyo's Ginza Area
TOKYO, May 25 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- At least one person was taken to the hospital and around 20 people reported feeling ill on Monday after a man allegedly sprayed a substance at a commercial facility in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, police said, Kyodo News reported.
A woman at the scene made an emergency call around noon, reporting a “pungent smell” and saying “everyone is coughing” at the Ginza Six shopping complex.
Surveillance footage showed a man spraying an unknown substance inside the facility before the call was made.
The suspect is believed to have fled the scene, and police are searching for him.
The incident occurred about 200 metres southwest of Tokyo Metro's Ginza Station.
A woman in her 50s who was near the scene said she saw multiple pedestrians holding their mouths and that her throat “still feels numb and painful.”
-- BERNAMA-KYODO
